Oveclockin need?

[raiyanb]

Hey every1 this is my current PC stats, do u guys think i need 2 overclock my pc to get it 2 ru nfaster on games like vice city which keep stuttering??

thanx

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Temperatures:
Motherboard 43 °C (109 °F)
CPU 55 °C (131 °F)
Aux 46 °C (115 °F)

Cooling Fans:
CPU 2482 RPM

Voltage Values:
CPU Core 1.71 V
+2.5 V 2.62 V
+3.3 V 3.28 V
+5 V 4.25 V
+12 V 11.90 V

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CPU Properties:
CPU Type AMD Athlon XP-A, 2079 MHz (6.25 x 333) 2800+
CPU Alias Barton
CPU Stepping A2
L1 Code Cache 64 KB
L1 Data Cache 64 KB
L2 Cache 512 KB (On-Die, FullSpeed)


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Motherboard Properties:
Motherboard ID 07/14/2003-nVidia-nForce-6A61BG0IC-00
Motherboard Name Gigabyte GA-7N400 Pro2

Front Side Bus Properties:
Bus Type DEC Alpha EV6
Bus Width 64-bit
Real Clock 166 MHz (DDR)
Effective Clock 333 MHz
Bandwidth 2661 MB/s

Chipset Bus Properties:
Bus Type HyperTransport v1.0
Bus Width 8-bit

Motherboard Physical Info:
CPU Sockets/Slots 1
Expansion Slots 5 PCI, 1 AGP
RAM Slots 4 DIMM
Integrated Devices Audio, Gigabit LAN, IEEE-1394
Form Factor ATX
Motherboard Size 240 mm x 300 mm
Motherboard Chipset nForce2-U400
Extra Features DualBIOS, EasyTune 4, Ultra-ATA/133, Serial-ATA/150, RAID


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Module Type Unbuffered
Memory Type DDR SDRAM
Memory Speed PC2700 (166 MHz)
Module Width 64 bit

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Chipset Properties:
Motherboard Chipset nVIDIA nForce2 Ultra 400
CAS Latency 2.5T
RAS To CAS Delay 3T
RAS Precharge 3T
RAS Active Time 7T

Memory Slots:
DRAM Slot #1 512 MB (DDR SDRAM)
DRAM Slot #2 512 MB (DDR SDRAM)

AGP Properties:
AGP Version 3.00
AGP Status Enabled
AGP Aperture Size 128 MB
Supported AGP Speeds 1x, 2x, 4x, 8x
Current AGP Speed 8x
Fast-Write Supported, Enabled
Side Band Addressing Supported, Disabled

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Graphics Processor Properties:
Video Adapter nVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
GPU Code Name NV34
PCI Device 10DE / 0322
Transistors 47 million
Process Technology 0.15u
Bus Type AGP
Memory Size 128 MB
GPU Clock 250 MHz
RAMDAC Clock 350 MHz
Pixel Pipelines 4
TMU Per Pipeline 1
Vertex Shaders 4 (v2.0)
Pixel Shaders 1 (v2.0)
DirectX Hardware Support DirectX v9.0
Pixel Fillrate 1000 MPixel/s
Texel Fillrate 1000 MTexel/s

Memory Bus Properties:
Bus Type DDR
Bus Width 64-bit
Real Clock 165 MHz (DDR)
Effective Clock 331 MHz
Bandwidth 2648 MB/s

[Urban_Squrill]

Its running kinda hot to even overclock in the first place IMO.

[raiyanb]

yea i kno its always been like that when pc has beenrunning for about 2 hours. when i first start it inthe morning its usually 42C but when i have AOL, internet explorer etc loaded it gusualy goes up 2 50+C.

[sweeper2]

unless I missed something..you only have one fan? the cpu fan?

how many case fans do you have? and what kind of case ?

[raiyanb]

yea i think i only got the cpu fan i dunno about ne case fan i dont think so tho. will my computer slow down if i hav loads of dust inside the case cos mines has quite a bit??

[f1oored]

I don't really think your cpu is what's slowing you down. I have a few friends with the 5200 and they are not very pleased with the cards performance. I think that might be your problem on the gaming. Have you tried dropping the resolution and quality during game play?

[sweeper2]

Originally posted by f1oored
I don't really think your cpu is what's slowing you down. I have a few friends with the 5200 and they are not very pleased with the cards performance. I think that might be your problem on the gaming. Have you tried dropping the resolution and quality during game play?

I agree, the 5200 is an ok card, but for more advanced games etc. you need to get a better card or lower your game graphic details.

but, I would recommend some case fans and getting rid of the dust, get some electronics cleaner (compressed air) to clean out the dust etc. You should have a rear fan to exhaust the hot air, make sure it's not all gunked up and is running to get rid of hot air. Don't burn up your cpu by leaving all the dust etc in your case. A clean case is a happy case....

[barginhunter]

IMO , you need better cooling , a faster video card and a better power supply , ( 4.25V ) on the +5V rail , too low .

Good Luck .

[raiyanb]

thanx for all your help pps
im gona try an change the gaphic card and get some more fans in. ill try and find out more on the voltage thing as well, does it make a BIG BIG difference if i chage the power supply. im thinking of changing my graphics card to a 9600 Pro 128MB or a radeon 9600 XT. which 1 wud be better or shud i go 4 a geforce FX5600 ultra. i wanna spend around £130 max.

thanx

[sweeper2]

I run a ATI 9600 Pro 128 mg X8 Radeon. runs great and around the price range you want. Dont know on the FX5600 ultra.